Toy.



Patented A r. l0 v c. .1. REHLIN. I900 TOY (Applicatioix filed July 22, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES J. REHLIN, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM J. DAVIES, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 47,327, dated April 10, 1900.

Application filed July 22,1899. Serial No- 724,835. (No model-J T0 ctZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. REHLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowingisaspecificatiomreference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to-produce a new and improved toy; and to this end the invention consists of a new toy, or, more particularly, a pneumatic toy, and in certain features and combinations of parts, all as hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated in the acco1n panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a part side elevational view and part sectional view; Fig. 3, a detail view of connection between the cannon and tube, and Fig. 4 an enlarged central vertical sectional view of an object to be thrown at the rod or bar 4.

As illustrated, the base 1, made of any suit able material and shape, supports an upright or standard 2. The lower end of this upright rests in a socket in the base and is provided with a series of holes 3, adapted to receive and hold a metallic rod 4:, projecting out? wardly therefrom and at right angles to the same, or other suitable means for supporting the rod 4 may be employed.

The metallic rod 4 is a magnetized rod, and in the use of the toy the game is to throw or shoot an object at the rod with a View to striking it, so that the object will adhere to the rod. In order to carry out this end, the projectile or object thrown should be provided with a metallic part which is designed to come in contact with the magnetized rod. In

practice the object shot at the rod is a piece of wood or other suitable material 5 of such shape as to represent a man, and it is provided with a cap 6, of some magnetic metal,

so as to be capable of being attracted and held by a magnet, as hereinafter described.

The means illustrated for throwing the object at the rod comprise a device 7, made to represent a cannon. This cannon is supported on the base 1 and is provided at its lower end with a connection 8, which engages a flexible tube 9. In playing the game the player places the man, or whatever the object to be thrown may be, in the cannon, and when this is done blows in the tube 7 and the air-pressure causes the man to be shot from the mouth of the cannon up towardthe magnetized rod 4. If the shot is accurate, the metallic cap strikes the magnetized rod and the man is held against the rod, as is illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I do not desire to limit myself to the exact means shown and described for throwing the object at or against the rod 4, for it is evident that changes in the means illustrated may be made without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a toy, the combination with a base,

of an upright, a magnetized bar or rod supported by the upright and extending outwardl y at right angles thereto, an object having a metallic part, and means for throwing the object at the magnetized bar or rod, substantially as set forth.

2. In a toy, the combination with a base, of an upright supported by the base, a magnetized bar or rod vertically and laterally adjustable 011 the upright and extending outwardly atright angles thereto, an object having a metallic part, and means, comprising a cannon-shaped device and a flexible tube arranged to throw the object against the bar or rod by blowing in the tube, substantially as set forth:

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES J. REHLIN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD B. VAILL, W. G. Doom'rrnn. 

